one thing that stops me from fully embracing 'old man yelling at clouds' were the "old" punk rockers in my town when I was in high school and listening to whatever Husker Du and whatnot and there were these guys who were so old they were probably 26 AHAHAH telling me "Yeah Husker Du were better when they were the Buzzcocks" and all this crap "Why does anyone do hardcore music after The Germs" and while I thank them for turning me onto good music I also thought and still do FUCK YOU
i NEVER want to be the old guy like that so I fully accept there may be amazing music put out today but because of whatever, I can't hear it - it's not for me! You know, Mahler was frightened of Schoenberg but he also said to himself "wow this is where music is going, I don't know if I like it but that's history for you" (paraphrasing)
@SpaceAce 100%. Thing was for a lot of my youth I was pretty strident about my musical taste and I think back now to a lot of the contemporary music I could’ve been enjoying if I’d been even a little more open minded—tho this came and went. Now I don’t have the time or money to really investigate every thing that comes to my attention. Some stuff does break through, e.g. The Armed. But I would never have the hubris to say good music isn’t being made any more.
When I was young, I wasn't that opinionated about music - I didn't think much about it, other than sometimes getting tired of hearing late 70s country music everywhere.
But for a couple of years, one of the local stations carried the Dr. Demento show.
And, since Dr. Demento was sorting music by 'Is it funny?' instead of by genre, the range of musical styles he played by pretty wide.
So I credit Dr. Demento with my early willingness to listen to different types of music.
@trewhytte@puffer@SpaceAce hey, this mirrors my musical development precisely! I definitely credit Dr. Demento for opening me to a wide variety of genes, styles and musical approaches.
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